[ Himeka is many things and an obligate optimist is one of them, despite the reasons she has accumulated to be otherwise. Joy is not achieved without effort, peace without pain. Even when the going gets rough--as it often does both in and outside of Abraxas--there's a way forward. If she doesn't think that way, she won't find it.

This has, of course, gotten her into trouble several times. A little bit of sobering, universe-ending despair helps rough up the edges of that optimism a bit. But it will take more than that to destroy it completely. ]

Yes, it's all about the right texture. You want to be able to pull it so that it stretches, but doesn't break--also, it's kind of fun.

[ And because this is the Horizon, Himeka looks behind them and manifests a large wooden bowl and mallet behind them. Just casually all up in Alucard's house. ]

Here! Maybe you can try it sometime.

[ When he wants to hit something a hundred times but also get a snack after the fact. ]